Nude gymnasts banned
Thursday 19 December 2002, 08:05AM
Three Romanian women gymnasts have been punished by their national
federation for giving a nude performance in Japan.
Double Olympic gold medallist Lavinia Milosovici, 26, Claudia Presecan and
Corina Ungureanu were barred for a period of five years from coaching or
refereeing in gymnastics in Romania.
Milosovici, who won the floor exercise and vault titles at the 1992
Barcelona Olympics and was a five-time world champion, no longer competes
at international level.
The trio had "tarnished the image of gymnastics" with their naked
performance on competition-standard apparatus such as the balance beam in a
DVD filmed in Chiba prefecture outside Tokyo, said the Romanian gymnastics
federation president Nicolae Vieru.
"This decision is a result of the negative reaction in Japan after the
broadcasting of pictures of the three gymnasts in the nude," said Vieru.
The gymnasts' performance was partially broadcast in a late-night show on a
private Japanese television network.
Vieru said the International Gymnastics Federation would consider punishing
the trio when it met in January.
http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/19/1040174327547.html
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